Leading Psychosocially Safer Teams

Psychosocially safer teams are shaped through everyday leadership. How leaders communicate, set expectations, distribute work, respond to strain and address difficult behaviour can either buffer the impact of demanding work or unintentionally add to it. 

This practical workshop explores the leadership conditions that help workers remain connected to purpose, ethical practice, colleagues and the people they support. Drawing on relational leadership, collective care and adapted concepts from Vikki Reynolds’ Zone of Fabulousness, participants will consider how disconnection and early “slippage” may appear in teams and how leaders can respond before concerns become entrenched. 

The session will combine concise content, reflective activities, small-group discussion and realistic leadership scenarios. Participants will explore supervision, feedback, accountability, relational repair, fair decision-making and the challenge of responding when worker, team and system issues overlap. 

Learning Outcomes:

Participants will increase their skills and confidence in: 

• recognising early signs of disconnection and relational strain; 

• strengthening connection, reflection and collective care within teams; 

• using supervision and feedback as psychosocial risk controls; 

• balancing accountability, dignity and team psychological safety; 

• responding constructively when capability, conduct, wellbeing, team dynamics and work pressures intersect. 

Event Details:

Date: Friday, 28th August 2026
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm AEST (QLD time)

Location: Online

To also get your tickets for the "Seeing Psychosocial Risks" events, please follow this link: https://events.humanitix.com/seeing-psychosocial-risk

Who should attend

Current and emerging leaders, managers, team leaders, supervisors and senior practitioners responsible for team culture, workforce capability, supervision or day-to-day people leadership. All welcome if you are interested in the topic. 

About the presenter/s

Kerriann Dear
Kerriann Dear is a social worker and organisational consultant with over 20 years’ experience working alongside individuals, teams and organisations across the community, legal and women’s sectors. Her work focuses on supporting safe, sustainable practice in complex, trauma-exposed environments. Kerriann brings a practical, grounded approach to psychosocial safety in the DFSV Sector- helping leaders and teams make sense of risk, strengthen everyday safe practice, and build supportive, relational workplaces. She has held practitioner, senior leadership and governance roles, including CEO of Queensland Working Women’s Service and WorkCover Queensland Director.